Sierra Bancorp (BSRR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sierra Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BSRR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BSRR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Sierra Bancorp's stock. Their BSRR share price targets range from $21.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $22.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price.
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Sierra Bancorp's stock was trading at $21.24 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BSRR shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $20.46.
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Sierra Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 72,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the October 31st total of 68,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 24,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 29th 2024.
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Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $50.15 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $35.83 million. Sierra Bancorp had a net margin of 19.15% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.61%.

Sierra Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Tuesday, November 14th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.50%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 30th.
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Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.45%. BSRR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BSRR will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Sierra Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Private Management Group Inc. (4.41%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (2.99%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.17%), FMR LLC (1.09%), American Century Companies Inc. (0.77%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.36%). Insiders that own company stock include Cindy L Dabney, Gordon T Woods, James C Holly, Julie G Castle, Laurence S Dutto, Michael Olague, Michael Olague, Michele M Gil and Susan M Abundis.
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